Originally Posted by Jankinonya:
This also from a man that helped Ryan co-sponsor a bill that used the term "forcible rape" WTH is that? That is like saying lethal murder, or deceitful lying. If its rape, it was forced. Does a woman have to be beaten to a certain degree for them to consider it "forcible"?
He has misspoke before it seems on the same issue. I see a pattern here.
There doesn't have to be any beating involved for a woman to be raped--she can be drugged (and therefore unable to consent) or underage (ditto, from the legal perspective).
...not that it makes his statement any better.